international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inform and inspire you each and every one of us in the responsibility to change how thirsty explain for the better by now just 0. we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses joe biden promises major changes in policy toward saudi arabia as an intelligence report names the crown prince and the murder of journalists jamal khashoggi false and unacceptable saudi arabia rejects washington's report and says it's taken steps against people behind the killing.

of robotics and this is a disease or a live from doha also coming up use any means necessary to take action against the military a stunning defiance me and mars ambassador to the u.n. urges the international community to act against the coup and restore democracy. a 3rd covert 19 vaccine set to get emergency approval in the u.s. the one dose johnson and johnson job is expected to bolster efforts in the fight against the pandemic. president joe biden says there will soon be significant changes in the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan of approving the operation to capture or kill journalist jamal khashoggi there are details how

the crown prince's absolute control of the kingdom's intelligence operations would have made it nearly impossible for the attack to go ahead without his approval the report lists 21 individuals u.s. intelligence. fields were complicit in car shows his death in the saudi consulate in istanbul they include 7 members of the crown prince's elite personal protective detail notably missing from that list is the crown prince and self agnes callum of the u.n. official investigating who shows his death has urged washington to order a new sanctions directly targeting bin solomon saudi arabia has rejected the report calling it unjustified and inaccurate we had maintains the killers were a rogue group and says it's done all it can to punish them alan fischer has more from washington d.c. . when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to clear the way

for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence a price spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes in today and. we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they in fact you know if they want to deal with us they have to deal with it in a way the human rights abuses are still with jamal khashoggi fiancee welcomed the report tweeting out this image with the words justice for jamal the killing lead to saudi

arabia facing a measure of international isolation at the next g. 20 meeting in argentina world leaders kept their distance from mohammed bin salman . in the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted calls to confront saudi arabia citing the value of arms sales and the importance of support in confronting iran and refused to take action against mohammed bin salman. joe biden promised if he won the election he would recalibrate relations with riyadh but again his white house won't take action against mohammed bin salmon directly so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate it. to be more in line with our interests and our values and i think that we have to. understand as well that this is this is bigger than any one person the u.s. has also knows what it caused by an imposing visa restrictions on 76 saudis not

just those involved in the killing but others who have been involved in threatening dissidents overseas so has dismissed the report calling it negative false and unacceptable the release of this report is an extraordinary rebuke to a man anointed as the next leader of a close u.s. ally but the biden white house will come under increasing pressure from democrats to take direct action against muhammad bin salman because they see his denials of any involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan fischer al-jazeera washington. well let's look back at the events leading up to this point on october the 2nd 2018 the journalist was murdered in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul after arriving to collect documents to get married 3 days later turkish officials confirmed he was killed turkish media published images of

a 15 member saudi hit team that arrived in istanbul on the same day her shows he disappeared on october the 20th the saudi government admitted he had been killed but said it was result of a brawl turkey insisted it was a premeditated murder and on november 10th it shared recordings from inside the consulate with several countries including the saudis more than 2 years later saudi prosecutors found 8 of the 11 men guilty of the murder in close trials the turkish trial of 20 other saudi officials has been adjourned until next month well richard chesty is professor lecturer at the department of political science at george washington university he says the white house is aware it needs to tread lightly in its next steps. you know the alliance game is a is a difficult game and in the case of the united states and saudi arabia you've had

confrontation over the coup shows the killing of human rights violations in yemen and what joe biden has to do is balance national interests of the united states in the region that includes threats from iran primarily so that the saudis and the israelis are key players even though they're not of fish and we allies of they've been working together for many years because their national interests coincide in terms of of what's to unfold here never remember in international relations issue areas are related and the other thing that president biden has to deal with which is intrinsically found up with this is the new iteration of the joint comprehensive plan of action and if you treads to happily it's conceivable that the israelis and the saudis might present the bite ministration with some very hard to

achieve demands with regards to how the americans will be engaging the iranians in this new iteration of the arabian agreement. iran's government is strongly condemning american air strikes in syria describing them as illegal aggression earlier on friday the united states launched air raids in syria targeting facilities used by iranian backed militias the main targets was the in a military base near bookham all that's close to the syria's border with iraq the pentagon says the operation was in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq to try to. make an impact on these groups and their ability to conduct. future attacks. and and to to send a very clear signal. that the united states is going to protect its people and it's going to protect our interests instead of protect those of our. of our partners in

the region. this was these targets were chosen carefully very deliberately and struck in exactly the same manner. are 2 of the targeted militias they're part of what's known as the popular mobilization forces it's an umbrella of shia groups formed in 2014 to fight i saw in iraq with u.s. support of hezbollah or hizbollah brigades was set up in 2007 during the iraq war its fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and saeed al shahada was founded in 2013 like hezbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq much of kerning is director of global strategy at the atlantic council and our form of advisor on iran policy to the u.s. secretary of defense he says iran has been testing the new u.s. administration and the attack in syria as president biden's early response. i think

there's always a question with the new president is president biden willing to use force in iran or not we are in now against iran and in syria we saw that president obama set a red line in syria and was unwilling to enforce it we saw president trump was willing to use force and so i think iran might have been testing a new president. what can we get away with iran i think ivan is trying to send an early message that it should not be tested that the by the administration is comfortable using force to defend u.s. interests in the region and to pushing back against iran we have a saying in american english you can walk and chew gum at the same time and i think what the this is what the biden ministration is trying to do on one hand their primary goal with iran is to return to the negotiating table to try to negotiate.

return to the nuclear deal and then renege negotiate a follow up deal but at the same time it's saying that just because we want to go she asians doesn't mean we're going to allow iran to challenge our interests everywhere we are willing to push and so we're seeking diplomacy with iran even as we push back against iran's destabilizing behavior in the region ramos' a message or to the united nations has appealed to the international community to use any means necessary to take action against the country's military diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly whole the ambassador. using his speech to speak out strongly against the events in his own country. nimmo military has become that if this tension of threat for myanmar as the polity and civilised society his voice was

trembling as he continued and strong support from the international community is imperative for the people of myanmar. in our 5 against the military regime. as he finished his speech he gave a 3 hoping good saluting a message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him for his courageous stand and for a long on the brand new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greene failed in her 1st full day in her job we urge every member state here today to use any channel available to tell the me or my military that violence against the people of myanmar will not be tolerated together we all show the people of myanmar that the world is watching we hear them and we stand with them at the un special envoy christine shauna bergen to has been trying to visit me and but she said her mission for the trip has not been granted regrettably

the current regime has so far asked me to almost all end these. it seems they want to continue making. arrests and have been forcing people to pesky fight against. east is cruel and inhuman. such a powerful session in the general assembly now puts pressure on the part of the un that has real teeth the security council to take action but it's worth remembering one of the permanent members of the council is china it has veto power and the chinese ambassador in the general assembly meeting said that his country largely sees the situation in myanmar as an internal matter james bays out jazeera at the united nations. dozens of ontarians are back on the streets for what they're calling the return of the movement was

the era of demonstrators want more reforms despite 2 recent changes last week the president. announced a cabinet reshuffle to limited to anger over corruption and a weakening economy it's been 2 years since the anti-government hit act movement forced a former leader abdel aziz both a flicker from power. still ahead on al-jazeera we'll tell you why south korea's government's been slow to vaccinate people despite pioneering the fight against covert 19. more than 300 nigerian schoolgirls are kidnapped by armed men the 2nd such incident in recent weeks. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello there have

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you watch about is it a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden says they'll be significant changes to the relationship with saudi arabia over human rights abuses it follows the release of a declassified intelligence report accusing crown prince muhammad and someone of approving a plan to capture or kill journalists from all sources. saudi arabia says into completely rejects the reports and is warning against any measures that infringe on its sovereignty or judicial system we have maintains the killer is one of a rogue group and says it's done all it can to punish the. man mars ambassador to the u.n. is called in more leaders to do everything they can to protect his people from the country's army protest against the coup on february 1st continue to spread the nation mind. south korea's started its vaccination campaign against covert 19 with

the 1st dose is going to fund health workers and caregivers the government's been relatively successful in controlling the pandemic but it has taken its time and starting the vaccination program from abroad reports from seoul. staff from a nearby elderly care home were among the 1st to get the astra zeneca vaccine at a hospital in seoul south korea started its national vaccination role. playing out for the past year i've been very worried that if i got the kernel virus i could pass it on to the elderly residents this campaign begins exactly a year after a large outbreak in the city of daegu made south korea for a time the worst affected country after china its success in controlling the spread through innovative testing and tracing was a model for other countries to follow. but it meant there wasn't the same urgency

to vaccinate soon or. of course if we had a rapid increase in confirmed cases like in europe or the united states the even if it was risky we would have to go ahead with vaccinations and it's led to claims of complacency from many medical professionals actioner for having what we should have secured vaccines in a more aggressive way instead of being late the government says it was being prudent but when it comes to securing vaccines it's like a war out there largely praised around the world for its handling of the coronavirus criticism of its vaccination rollout has stung the government and it seems determined to show with this mass vaccination campaign that it's still a pioneer in fighting the pandemic for weeks the government has been staging drills with the army and police to fine tune the distribution system the goal is to have most of the population vaccinated by september achieving herd immunity by november

that's far behind other developed nations and longer than many here would like but at least for the government it will have to be done with the efficiency for which it prides itself rob mcbride al-jazeera so. the us is a step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the johnson and johnson job should be approved the u.s. food and drug administration's advisory panel has endorsed the vaccine for emergency use it still needs official authorization by the f.d.a. which could happen later on saturday $4000000.00 doses are ready to be shipped on monday if it is approved u.s. president joe biden said that if the approval goes ahead the distribution could begin within days he spoke about the new vaccine while in texas where he's been visiting an emergency center and food bank where week after the state was battered by a deadly winter storm. and we've all seen the news about jobs and jobs actually today

just for safe effective vaccine and it's out they've approved today we're going to use every conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine for vaccine thank you for rapid progress shots of people's arms ok let's bring in dr not be so sure davis knows she's an infectious disease expert at the john cochran v.a. medical center she's joining us from st louis in missouri it's good to have you with us mann thank you very much indeed if the approval does go ahead and this starts getting distributed what's it going to mean for the fight against poverty in the u.s. this is not just good news this is fantastic news any safe and effective vaccine that we can get on the market means less debt it means less severe disease the statistics the data that is coming out of this trial is really really reassuring we're seeing globally that it prevents over 65 percent of moderate to severe disease that number even higher in the u.s.

with just over 70 percent and even higher in preventing severe disease that just over 85 percent but the clincher 100 percent effective against death from co that understand what this would mean for our hospital systems for our population this is just one step closer to the normal see that we also desperately clay crave the president as i mentioned earlier was saying that if the approval goes ahead and saturday it could be rolled out within days is it going to get to hospitals like yours foster enough to be able to give you an edge against covert 19. that's the biggest question as much as i think that biden and harrison ministration has been proactive they're unfortunately working from behind to based on the truly ineffective rollout that started in december we're seeing a state by state variation in what's happening with different regions getting vaccine product at different rates and here in st louis where i sit on the board of

health that has been very clear we will see that scene prada had one week in the county with none in the city and so what the u.s. needs to do a better job of is understand that they have most of the vaccine products in the world so really the focus now needs to be on a better rollout plan and that starts from the top down what about the new variants that we're hearing about across the world particularly that are also making their way into the u.s. there's a strain of billing from south africa which has a partly been shown to reduce the effectiveness of some vaccines correct me if i'm wrong on that what's the risk that this vaccine could be rolled out and it may not have the impact that you and your colleagues might hope it would. i think there's such a focus on whether individual vaccines have an impact on strains that we're forgetting that we have a precedence for this already every year we roll out a flu vaccine that is way less effective than all 3 of the vaccines that we're discussing here tonight but look at the impact it's had on preventing disease

severity and worldwide that the same is true of these vaccines it doesn't matter where we are with the strains what we know is if enough people take this vaccine we will have a global impact on top of that all of the pharmaceutical companies are already working to prevent it to create vaccine products that are effective against these strains so obviously this is all good news but what we in the public health sector want to make clear is when you have a vaccine available to you get it because you are going to be in much better shape than if we had none at all and we have vaccines coming for the very strains that most people are worried about well we are very aware that you and your colleagues of course are right up against it you're in the front line and we appreciate you giving us your time dr. davis we appreciate it thank you thank you a pleasure being with you again tonight president biden's 1 point one trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has advanced in the lower house of congress the

house of representatives rules committee as approved rules for debating the legislation that includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans but it will not include an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour that was blocked by sen officials a fractured the u.s. republican party is this weekend considering its future direction at an annual meeting of conservative activists and politicians from across the country events being held weeks after the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump he's going to be a keynote speaker of the conservative political action conference john hendren reports from orlando florida. having lost the presidency the house and the senate the republican party is looking for a new standard bearer and based on the mega hats in the speakers at the conservative political action conference the new face of the republican party is unchanged let me tell you this right now donald j.

trump and anywhere. reminders of the twice impeached former president are everywhere and come sunday when donald trump himself takes the podium there will be no need for reminders the former president has made it clear that he will back his own brand of republicans in primaries against moderate republicans trump style challengers like louise miguel i am completely consider myself a trump republican i believe in the trunk platform of america 1st putting our country 1st before those of foreign interests before the chamber of commerce and before all the other interested marco rubio and the likes of also mitch mcconnell and other leadership and to appear represent miguel is running against incumbent florida republican senator marco rubio from inside this impact conference you could be forgiven for thinking that donald trump was still in the white house and not a mere 240 kilometers away at his moral law go resort there might be republicans on capitol hill who would like to move on from the trump era bit here he's as popular

as ever and then there's the next generation we have to be vocal we can't be put in the corner we must be out and engaged among the speculation heard in the halls of c. pac is the question of which trump psion will run for office 1st evolve or donald trump jr i'm looking forward to sunday john hendren al jazeera orlando florida more than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped and northwest nigeria and happened in the states of some fatah gunmen arrived at night shooting sporadically at this school complex and then took the girls into the bush. a security guard working at the school described the moment the gunman stormed in and. as we tried to get out we were overwhelmed and when we fired they fired back we continue to fight them and all of a sudden they retreated one of them left his motorcycle to escape that's when we thought we were going to defeat them and we were told to go home and now as i speak

to you soldiers are in the bush fighting with them homages has more from the nigerian capital abuja. i must've operation is underway involving ground troops as well as with the support of local vigilantes who know the terrain is under way in i don't get me and the port of surrounding that community as officials say that they want to make sure that before sunset they at least rescue these students 317 of them or pinpoint the exact location before the abductors move farther away from the community also today shortly after the abduction government officials attempted to go to join get to assess the situation civilian officials actually and they were typed in among them of course in the convoy why journalists who went to cover the story and eventually some of them were. injured in the attack you know these calls to question the latest abduction calls to question these them for a state government. program or project to negotiate with bae and it's to convince

them to submit their arms or surrender their arms only yesterday just hours before the kidnapping a group of these so-called banded submit to or surrender their weapons and ammunition to the police and government officials in goose i was in for a state and then this abduction happened we this is coming just 9 days after a number of students were also taken from one of the boarding schools boarding school in they bring niger state 9 days after that is no word as to when that will be who so this is becoming more and more complex as security forces struggle to deal with the situation it looks like a quote when you ask many nigerians they will tell you that it looks like this quarter forces are not able to deal with the situation and that is fear spreading in the land as this criminal activity has spread farther inland from the northwest down to the center of the country and down south. just capital niamey has seen

a 4th day of violence after a contested presidential election and these 2 people have lost their lives and more than 4. a 100 people have been detained began after opposition leader mohamed also been rejected the official results party candidates muhammad was declared the winner of sunday's runoff election with more than 55 percent of the vote in his favor. this is a disease that these are the top stories u.s. president joe biden says there will be significant changes to the relationship with saudi arabia and follows the release of a declassified intelligence report accusing crying prince mohammed bin solomon of approving a plan to capture or kill journalist and. he was murdered inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul in october 28th in price spoke yesterday with the king.